Town halls join rush to use the snoopers’ charter and RM

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Town halls join rush to use the snoopers’ charter

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Council staff, health and safety inspectors and even Royal Mail want to harness the Government’s proposed “Snoopers’ Charter” to monitor private emails, telephone records and internet use.

It had been thought that only police, intelligence agencies and the taxman would be able to use the Communication Data Act, which will also allow scrutiny of social network sites including Twitter and Facebook.

But dozens of public sector organisations have applied to use the powers. They include nine Whitehall departments, NHS trusts, the Environment Agency, the Charity Commission and the Pensions Regulator. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has argued that the legislation is vital to combat terrorism and other serious offences.

But the Home Office confirmed that it was considering all the submissions made by public bodies.



Last year the Home Office asked organisations who wanted to be able to use the powers outlined in the Communications Data Bill — which will be included in the Queen’s Speech next month — to submit a “business case”.

Following a Freedom of Information Act request from Big Brother Watch, a privacy campaign body, the Home Office said 36 “groups” had applied, but it counted local authorities and NHS trusts once each, making it unclear how many individual councils or health trusts were involved. Fire authorities, the Food Standards Agency and the Gambling Commission also submitted cases.

The proposed legislation obliges internet service providers to keep all records of their customers’ online activity for 12 months. This includes every email, posting on a social networking site, video or telephone calls over the internet.

Approved bodies would need a warrant for the content of any message to be handed over.

A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said its officials used such powers rarely and only to help in its criminal investigations.

A Home Office spokesman said that Parliament would make the final decision about which bodies would have access.

Last year the Home Office asked organisations who wanted to be able to use the powers outlined in the Communications Data Bill — which will be included in the Queen’s Speech next month — to submit a “business case”.

Following a Freedom of Information Act request from Big Brother Watch, a privacy campaign body, the Home Office said 36 “groups” had applied, but it counted local authorities and NHS trusts once each, making it unclear how many individual councils or health trusts were involved. Fire authorities, the Food Standards Agency and the Gambling Commission also submitted cases.

The proposed legislation obliges internet service providers to keep all records of their customers’ online activity for 12 months. This includes every email, posting on a social networking site, video or telephone calls over the internet.

Approved bodies would need a warrant for the content of any message to be handed over.

A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said its officials used such powers rarely and only to help in its criminal investigations.

A Home Office spokesman said that Parliament would make the final decision about which bodies would have access.

[UnhappyGremlin]

Slippery slope. Infringement of civil liberties. If allowed it would start in a small way and then snowball. It's big brother. Just wrong.

[DB1100]

Slippery slope. Infringement of civil liberties. If allowed it would start in a small way and then snowball. It's big brother. Just wrong.

It's already happening,the police can access your shop loyalty cards i.e Tesco clubcards and all the other big supermarkets,http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... g.features

[TeeferTiger]

This is why I like to go make random purchases at odd times just to keep the marketing people happy :D A couple of months ago we went into Tesco at about 11pm and bought some cat litter and sultanas

[arnold cheshire]

This is why I like to go make random purchases at odd times just to keep the marketing people happy :D A couple of months ago we went into Tesco at about 11pm and bought some cat litter and sultanas

why ?

[arnold cheshire]

Slippery slope. Infringement of civil liberties. If allowed it would start in a small way and then snowball. It's big brother. Just wrong.

It's already happening,the police can access your shop loyalty cards i.e Tesco clubcards and all the other big supermarkets,http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... g.features

the police know i bought bog rolls and a pint of milk steady on

[arnold cheshire]

doesnt mean anything cause i do half in cheap tescos and half in expensive aldi good luck police

[Sidley]

The last thing I want is the bizzies knowing I bought a pair of marigolds, a hacksaw, some bin liners, a spade and some stain devil at 2:30 am on a Sunday.

[DB1100]

Slippery slope. Infringement of civil liberties. If allowed it would start in a small way and then snowball. It's big brother. Just wrong.

It's already happening,the police can access your shop loyalty cards i.e Tesco clubcards and all the other big supermarkets,http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... g.features

the police know i bought bog rolls and a pint of milk steady on

If you can remember before it became legal to run your diesel car on cooking oil,the price of cooking oil was very low about 25p a litre,then as more and more people cottoned on to the fact that most older diesel engines could happily run on it the price went sky high,at the time people who used loyalty cards where shown to be buying vast amounts of cooking oil which unless you ran a catering business would be impossible to justify and this is why people were being down for tax evasion.Eventually the retailers clicked on to a good thing and raised cooking oil up to the price it is today.

[arnold cheshire]

Slippery slope. Infringement of civil liberties. If allowed it would start in a small way and then snowball. It's big brother. Just wrong.

It's already happening,the police can access your shop loyalty cards i.e Tesco clubcards and all the other big supermarkets,http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... g.features

the police know i bought bog rolls and a pint of milk steady on

If you can remember before it became legal to run your diesel car on cooking oil,the price of cooking oil was very low about 25p a litre,then as more and more people cottoned on to the fact that most older diesel engines could happily run on it the price went sky high,at the time people who used loyalty cards where shown to be buying vast amounts of cooking oil which unless you ran a catering business would be impossible to justify and this is why people were being down for tax evasion.Eventually the retailers clicked on to a good thing and raised cooking oil up to the price it is today.

its the same price as a gallon of unleaded

[arnold cheshire]

go in to tescos do a bulk buy with your clubcard and next time you go in the price sky rockets

[dvbuk55]

This is why I like to go make random purchases at odd times just to keep the marketing people happy :D A couple of months ago we went into Tesco at about 11pm and bought some cat litter and sultanas

The mind boggles

[fishtank]

This is why I like to go make random purchases at odd times just to keep the marketing people happy :D A couple of months ago we went into Tesco at about 11pm and bought some cat litter and sultanas

The mind boggles

Pregnancy.
Enough said.

[dvbuk55]

This is why I like to go make random purchases at odd times just to keep the marketing people happy :D A couple of months ago we went into Tesco at about 11pm and bought some cat litter and sultanas

The mind boggles

Pregnancy.
Enough said.